Phyllis B. Smith, 98, of Hutchinson, died Sept. 14, 2011, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 30, 1912, to Burchard Hayes and Estella Alverda Spahr Bowman.

Phyllis was a longtime rural Pawnee Rock, Kansas resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1980. She graduated from Pawnee Rock High School in 1930. She was a homemaker, a dedicated farm wife and loving mother and grandmother. Phyllis was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, 20th Century Club, D.A.R. and United Methodist Women.

She married John Wendell Smith Jan. 28, 1931, in Cottonwood Falls, Kan. He died April 2, 1976. Survivors include: daughters, Linda Kruckenberg Deckert and husband Andrew of Manhattan and Sherry Mundhenke and husband Gary of Hutchinson; son-in-law, Walter Myers of Canon City, Colo.; nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Jacepine Myers; son-in-law, Samuel Kruckenberg; and two sisters, Elaine Bowman and Berdine Stansbury.

Private family graveside services will be held at the Pawnee Rock Cemetery, with Reverend Jim Rhaesa officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, in care of Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, Hutchinson. Please visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a condolence for Phyllis's family.